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Cedarville University DigitalCommons@Cedarville University Publications The aH zel Lowry Lanning Collection 11-1913 The aG velyte, November 1913 Cedarville College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/ lanning_university_publications Part of the Archival Science Commons, and the Higher Education Commons This Book is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@Cedarville, a service of the Centennial Library. It has been accepted for inclusion in University Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Cedarville. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE GAVEL YTE VOL. VIII NOVEMBER, 1913 NO . 2 The Value of Thanksgiving By W. R. MeChesney, Ph. D. To try to realize ,tJhe va,lue of 'Thia,nkis,giivirug d.s Hke 1tiry1irug to e1Slti mate the worth of ,an 'heirloom. Both are ill'calculalbily p,reci,ous. The memories c.:lus1tel'in•g ,wb1ouit 'Dhiall'kf'1giiving Day r,e•aclh ,over ee,n1tui1ii·es and seas and 'brin•g in common 1tbio·ught to us mamy lands· and m,os:t of t'he 1reUgio:ns. Nearly every, natio•n an'd rel1igion, eve1J11 ltJh,ose ·Of antiquiity, have o;t,f" ,e,rve,d some ,s,nrt of T'hank•sgti.ving. Thus 'i!t lhla;s beioome ,a kind. of common tie to tl:nidi •all r,acrn and sects, in 1dhe •ex press,i-on of on·e oif tib:e dee•pe1s1t feelings :and s,weeite•sit s•elllltiimenits, ,of 1t1he lhumian s1oul-gr.atitude. Humanity is Toot ,s10 ,tJbankle",S, 1pe•ribJaip,s, ,a,s• :iit is 1tJhougtle,ss. Down deeip in •our ill'ne•rmost ,seaves w e ,a,p,p,reciirute in g1re1a,te r o,r 1'eis,s·e·r measure all the gootlw'bddh ,come~ i•nito ,our Hve,s. ,v,e fo,rge,t too ro,ft•en , howeve•r, to expre·ss ou,r 1a-p,pre0i•aWon. T1b,all!kis1givinig Da.y •affords to ea·ch one of u•s true ,o,p.pol'tunity ,t:Jo exhibit om gra.ti,tude, and dou'b,U.esB muLtitudes, wth•o 'd,o niot enite1r C:hur:clhe,s on t,biat d•ay, m,a,nife.st and f€,el th i'r tJhani<fll'lnes,s in othe,r ways. At le,a,s,t, it is to lbe :hoped they ilo. The opporcunilty to ,give ~ 'hanks mu<1 t, ,a,t ]e,as,t, present tlhe :tJhougiht and, by tlhat mu·ch, liift t.rb.e mind aborve itihe cornimon level of lits activi.ties. The ob1servan10e of 'Tbianksig'iving 1affiord·s, ,s,o,cial priv1Heges c,a,lcu la,t<2,d to enicte,ar frienid>S ,anid fho•mes to, rns. v\Tlh1a!t s,p~e,nd1id times in m~et'ing in ou•r ll1.1om,e s, ,re1he,a1r,sin1g o1'd ex•pecr-ieruces, telling ,t!he twice told, an'li more, t•a~es, makii.irug new 1acquaintanice,s1, if,orm1ing new .fl.'ien'd, sh1;,ps, gatJhering about t·he festal boards, partaking of the sumptuous fe,a,siu,, and 1h1aving a jolly ,good •t<ime in 1gene1r,al, ,an,d t lh en in the fiar,e Wf !Lls and goodibys hands1b,akes, ,i,tfhe1· menti,onling o,r Temeim1berilllJg if we do l10t speak O'f it, the goodne,s1s of tlhe lbouniiful all Fat'her, wlho f-e,nd,s sibowers of bless'ill'g ,into ,eiruch ltlfe! 'Dhen, 1.00, ThaI111mgivin,g Day lb,r'ings, many o.f us, tbut 1to·o 'few, 1aJfite1r all, iruto •our various p1l,a1ces, o'.f putbl1c wor,slhi1p, quite ,o,ften in unlion se•J"V'ices to joiin in p,r,a-hc:;e, p,rayeT 1arud me1ditw1:Ji,on• •a,s, we recount ithoe bleHsing1-: of a y ar to our,selves, our •h,omes, our scb,ools, our churc'hes, II II nntiPn · 11 to C d. ,\:i.: th origin of th <'II . tom now h 111, 11ntio11al and \ ry ,tat and p1 O\ Ince of 1111 n,ition YPr • in<' and nnn11al1,> pro ·la.im d bJ the pr id nt of the t nitr<l t,llP. nnd thl' , ario11!I gov,•r· nor of he tat :. It i: an inde · that ours ; a r ligi u nation. hrnd" u '1" ,, nation in thought and nti111 nt to th· ~oorl tori•fntlwrs f c 1 nial . ·I:'\\ England •and throug·h the su(r cling rentnri to th· f under" or our 1;0\ ernmen( and th mnkers or 011r rountr) It l> n t! in aspiration and fealty t thf' CTod of onr fath rs nnd th l1011ntlf11I benefactor of humanity. It ser\' s the mean: of ,:bowing our kin llr office in <fr p n ing gifts to th Jes fortunat and of renPwing our te ling- th;,t all the wo,ld' akin and men to m n hou1d brother. he. To the < hristian it gh'e~ one of the be t oppo, tnniti : to P ·hihi broth rly kindne"~ of the true type. to empha ize the in al 11lahle de1bt of all rivilization t rn1ri t, and to expres th gratitude of hi oul to Gutl for the unspeakable g'ft of Ms love. :.\I asure thrn. if ) 011 an. tJhe rnlue of Thank giving Day in the light of that picture: JUP flr~t Thank'-gfring in \\ hich the New England oloni t anrl the fndian hared. in the light of the acr d and sol mn vent of 1'i'ii and I •i:1, in the Ii ht of the :rears of freedom and prosp rity ince the reunion of the tates and in th light of the blef ing- f Providenc an<l dr.\·ine grace. and J u can t 11 ::-omething or it value. ""mile, and the world smil with you, Kno,'k, and :rou go alone: For the che€rful grin ,,·m !er you in Whe,·e the kirker i never known." "The man who loaf may ha\·e pl nty or comp,:rn:r. but the riuallt • n l \' rr good. · CEDARVILLE COLLEGE 3 Echoes Fro·1n the Heartl1stone By Lydia Manifold '16. "Come, gr,anlcl,mryt:he,r, it is •time for thy 1s1to,ry0 te1LHng." At o,nce the-re was gen•e1·al corufuP'i.1on ,as .t,be '\Vdn,sliow's ol'di 1arnd Y,01I11g g,a1tlheired abouit t:b.-e li't'tle g'rand:motfl:wr s•ea'ted on a l•O'W •s,e<t,tle at tlhe ,side oil' the fire pl,ace. I't was, T'b,arulmgiving Day, ,and l!ike ,iJheCr Pil1grim fiaitlhers, the W1in ,s:I,o,ws ,always look€d :forward •to t ih is seia· ,o,n w·h6'11 it:11ey woukli g·aA:lheir thE:.ir grain, fill their store:h·ouse and set a,s'iide a d•ay up,on w'hich tlhey m'iglht •tJh•ank tJhe1-r M<ake,r fo·r Hi-s bles1surug ,and ca~"'e. Upion tiJ:l1s o,c,cas i,on ·t:Jhey were ,truly tit,raruk'ful, rfor n101t onay 1ha,d 1t<heir cr10,ps been bol\ln te,orus, 'but a n e:w ,ca/b:in 'hlald. be-en built and aJ·s,o IIJ1l!ey 1hrad 'haJd, burt [ttrtJ.e tl'ouib1'e wli t'h ,tJhe Ind1iarus. 1St0 we find t'h€m after •a day o,f feas,tinig tand rej,oking, ga!tlhered a'boiut tlhe ·lJU'rruing lo,g.s, ,awra,i,ting 1t1he la-sit ·p,~easure of tlhe· day~gran1d· mo1t'he1r's r-• to·ry o,f t:he firn,t T'h1anks1g:iv'i.rng an'd 't:h·e y,e,a,r ·rihat rpre·cedeld it. lit was an olld sit )ry, even Httl De,si,re sr'tt<in•g on the s<to ol rut !h.ffi· grandimother·~ knees couJ.d 1haYe rerpeated i-t, for Grandrn•obher Win slow \had told i,t every T1h•ank:Js,g1iv·inig fr1orn 'tthe tl::me Dec•ire's f,a,tJh0r was old en•oug,h to li'st1en. "Nay, N,ay, l1aid:s ," slhe p,aid, 1a,s1 'her two ,grand·so,n·s, Miles •ail'd 'iiViil iiam, se,a,t i:::,ci t'hem,s:e<Ive,s ,o,n 1tlhe sert>tle, "T:o,o oiften now tlwu •hast !he.ard the s,Lm·y. T•hy fatJher, bh·e ·ca•ptaiin, can teU :the,e. o,f srtoriers. "But t'h,e l'ad~ ins<irs,ted, ,fo r no Oil'e, nto<t evEn t1hei,r f,a.tJhrecr ,as 1tJhey, tho,ught, could te.Jl a slt'O'ry equa<l to thi•s 'One •of gr1anrd,mot'hE1r',s. So a,t liaist Dame Win.. sl,ow con•sen'terd. All was qulle<t for ,awhlile; on'ly tJhe criacMing oif the fire could 1tie lhea:rd -as the 1Sip1airlrn we,rnt 'dancing up :tJhe Clhirnney. "Lads and la:.sis<iies," sihe be-gan. "Tlh-0<u ·rememibere•st well th·e stocy of t'.b.e good s'hip, M,ayfil·oweir. T 1hy ,grandmoit•her was 1but ,a las,s oif fllix-teen when i,t cr,01s.sed <the r•ough ·and s,Lormy s1e1a. A!t :t'ime,s I ilfuoug,hlt our little -,·b1p would -sink. I itell thee, my chi1idren, El-der Bruce ain1d Oapitiain Stand,isih 1and a!Jil :tlh•an•keid tJhe g,ood Locrd when tJhe Plymouth sihore w.as firs,t rea10hed.